Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-2001-0686
Buffer overflow in mail included with SunOS 5.8 for x86 allows a local user to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Solaris — versions 5.8, 8.0
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6638 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2819 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0000.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)